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CaseTeardrop2004

New Orleans, LA, USA

it was like it was made of mercury and molded to the most arodynamic shape posible. it flew very fast and was only seen because a refle

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 35s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2004-04-24
Where
New Orleans, LA, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
30 to 40 seconds
Geo
29.955, -90.075 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-new-orleans-la-2004-85af8b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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Local cluster

Local cluster

April 2004 was a busy month for New Orleans, LA: 3 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 81 reports logged in New Orleans, LA.
  • This case is one of 45 Louisiana reports filed in 2004.
  • Teardrop craft made up 1.1% of 2000s reports, vs 0.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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